Tensile Projectile

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Tensile Projectile

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Team Member:

Benas

Dan

Deqing

Gabriel

Pushan

Rachel

Brainstorm, Maquette Making, Testing

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The thoughts we started out our brainstorming considering were: kites, flying, tensegrity, projectiles.

After a brief discussion about tensegrity, we decided a maquette was necessary. A simple, three compression member, tensegrity structure was fabricated out of wooden dowels and rubber bands.

Thrower

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Parachute

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Maquette

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All Parts in One

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